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  • StormHydra - Sanctuary
    StormHydra - Sanctuary Posts: 2,221 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    Oh i use index finger for the B in G major
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  • _blood_rain - Sanctuary
    _blood_rain - Sanctuary Posts: 2,532 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    StormHydra - Sanctuary wrote: »

    You can now feel your tongue in your mouth

    Stop doing that!!! D: QQ
  • StormHydra - Sanctuary
    StormHydra - Sanctuary Posts: 2,221 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    _blood_rain - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Stop doing that!!! D: QQ

    You can now hear the cars/birds outside.
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  • _blood_rain - Sanctuary
    _blood_rain - Sanctuary Posts: 2,532 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    StormHydra - Sanctuary wrote: »
    You can now hear the cars/birds outside.

    HA! It's night here and there are none. I win.
  • VenusArmani - Dreamweaver
    VenusArmani - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,009 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    yo-yos used to be weapons
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  • Hazumi_chan - Sanctuary
    Hazumi_chan - Sanctuary Posts: 1,264 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    When telephone companies first began hiring telephone operators, they chose teenage boys for the job. They switched to women because the teenage boys were wrestling instead of working and pulling pranks on callers.


    StormHydra - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Oh i use index finger for the B in G major

    That's how I also learned it at first.. but then my guitar teacher was like noooooooo xD
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  • Kieve - Dreamweaver
    Kieve - Dreamweaver Posts: 385 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    Well this is... enlightening.

    -The largest nuclear warhead ever detonated was the "Tsar Bomba," a 50-megaton Russian bomb. The original plans called for a 100-megaton yield, but were reduced for testing to curb the resulting fall-out. Only one was ever made, and it was detonated over Mityushikha Bay - casings for other bombs of this size can be found in Russian museums.

    -Even thinking of yawning can trigger a yawn response.
    -You are now thinking of yawning.
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  • _blood_rain - Sanctuary
    _blood_rain - Sanctuary Posts: 2,532 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    Pelicans eat many kinds of live prey including other birds, such as seagulls and pigeons. They swallow their prey whole and fight the struggling, still alive victim down their throat to be digested; literally eating them alive.

    the penalty in Texas for attempted suicide used to be death.
  • IBaMBii - Heavens Tear
    IBaMBii - Heavens Tear Posts: 464 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    -The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

    ...Pro.
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  • StormHydra - Sanctuary
    StormHydra - Sanctuary Posts: 2,221 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    Kieve - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Well this is... enlightening.

    -The largest nuclear warhead ever detonated was the "Tsar Bomba," a 50-megaton Russian bomb. The original plans called for a 100-megaton yield, but were reduced for testing to curb the resulting fall-out. Only one was ever made, and it was detonated over Mityushikha Bay - casings for other bombs of this size can be found in Russian museums.

    -Even thinking of yawning can trigger a yawn response.
    -You are now thinking of yawning.

    It had more power than 10 times the amount of all the explosives used in WW2, and generated 1.4% of the power created by the Sun.

    Occasionally sneezing when looking at a bright light is called "photic sneeze reflex" and occurs in 18-35% of the population (including me =S)
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  • Innamorata - Harshlands
    Innamorata - Harshlands Posts: 129 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    and generated 1.4% of the power created by the Sun

    That line is like a telemarketing scam. Looks impressive before you read / understand the fine writing.
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    A certain species of jellyfish can potentially sustain biological immortality due to it's infinite cycle cellular trans-differentiation.
  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    StormHydra - Sanctuary wrote: »
    You can now hear the cars/birds outside.

    My whole block is rarely ever driven on. Plus, I have an air filter and headphones on (though no audio atm), so nope...can't hear them.

    You have now finished reading my post...
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  • Jeremied - Sanctuary
    Jeremied - Sanctuary Posts: 2,259 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    *jumps on the random fact bandwagon*

    Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia has the longest name of any phobia...and it is the name for fear of long words.
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    ^I typed that word from memory .__.
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  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    Jeremied - Sanctuary wrote: »
    *jumps on the random fact bandwagon*

    Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia has the longest name of any phobia...and it is the name for fear of long words.
    --
    ^I typed that word from memory .__.

    Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.......................................
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  • _Perses_ - Lost City
    _Perses_ - Lost City Posts: 1,917 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    StormHydra - Sanctuary wrote: »
    It had more power than 10 times the amount of all the explosives used in WW2, and generated 1.4% of the power created by the Sun.

    Occasionally sneezing when looking at a bright light is called "photic sneeze reflex" and occurs in 18-35% of the population (including me =S)

    You ain't the only one that happens to. But it isn't occasional for me :/
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  • Lairian - Sanctuary
    Lairian - Sanctuary Posts: 8,209 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

    The Atlantic Giant Squid's eye can be as large as 15.75 inches (40 centimeters) wide.

    Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

    The world's longest game of Monopoly lasted more than 660 hours.
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  • Equin - Dreamweaver
    Equin - Dreamweaver Posts: 260 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    putting a soaked cellphone in rice will suck out all the water(or something like that)
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  • Felizia - Lost City
    Felizia - Lost City Posts: 487 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    Lairian - Sanctuary wrote: »
    The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

    omgee srsly? TT-TT
    I'm lying in bed for like sometimes one hour or more, trying to imagine 'what if'situations and looking at my clock telling myself when I will finally sleep D:
    its a pain TT-TT especially when you only have 6 hours to sleep and then the 2 hours of it gets cut off :c
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  • IBaMBii - Heavens Tear
    IBaMBii - Heavens Tear Posts: 464 Arc User
    edited June 2011
    Lairian - Sanctuary wrote: »
    The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

    I usually fall asleep faster.. cause I don't lay down till I KNOW I can't last any longer, and as soon as my head hits the pillow, I'm out, like a rock. Till my alarm.

    teehee.
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  • firedolphin
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    SinfuINature - Harshlands wrote: »
    ok this could be funny and educationly if ppl dont get perverted... so tryt o keep it semi clean so the mods dont delete it...

    fact 1... Female pandas only are fertile 3 days out of the year

    fact 2... It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

    fact 3...In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off"

    fact 4... A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head
    fact 5... We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.

    who is next...

    NO, it isn't! i already did it...it is not even hard! try it, if you don't believe me.

    EW! those litlle ****...! 10 days!? wow i'm impressed! but then again, ew!

    Now, to the facts:
    -spiders can see UV rays.
    -cockroaches can see Infra-red rays
    -a cockroach can eat almost anything, including industrial glue, wires, **** and even other cockroaches!
    -monogamous penguins and other animals may also cheat on their partners
    -Salmons (at least some species) die shortly after mating
    -hair and fingernails stop growing after you're dead, but, as skin "shrinks", they appear to be longer
    -people who have twins are more likely to have twin children than the others
    -turtles lay their eggs on the sand, and abandon their children (don't hate the turles for that, please! b:thanks )
    -Female black widows are much bigger than the male black widows
    -Male black widows often bring "gifts" (pray) to the female they wish to approach, as these letal females often kill and eat the males they mate with, after the mating is over;
    -A hair dryer needs more energy (electricity) to work for 10 minutes than a computer to work for 60 minutes;
    -On a planet with no atmosphere, every object falls at the same time, if they start falling on the same hight;
    -you are using PWI's forums right now! b:chuckle

    If i know more, but i can't remember it right now...as soon as i do, i will post it here! Congratulations for this great, fun, creative idea!
  • firedolphin
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    IBaMBii - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    I usually fall asleep faster.. cause I don't lay down till I KNOW I can't last any longer, and as soon as my head hits the pillow, I'm out, like a rock. Till my alarm.

    teehee.

    ROFL that's hilarious! my mother is also like that... i tried to start a conversation, but it is impossible! every time she wakes up, she only takes 3~4 seconds to go back to sleep! i barely say a word during that time...so i quit trying to speak to her when she wants to sleep b:sweat
  • firedolphin
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Lairian - Sanctuary wrote: »
    The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
    The Atlantic Giant Squid's eye can be as large as 15.75 inches (40 centimeters) wide.

    Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

    The world's longest game of Monopoly lasted more than 660 hours.

    REALLY?? wow! i'm extremely behind! i take literally HOURS to fall asleep the first time, and wake during the night...i am such an insomniac! T_T and the faintest light or noise prevents me from sleeping, too! and i can only sleep lying down...it is beyond me how some people can sleep on a seat!
  • firedolphin
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    VenusArmani - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    yo-yos used to be weapons
    _blood_rain - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Pelicans eat many kinds of live prey including other birds, such as seagulls and pigeons. They swallow their prey whole and fight the struggling, still alive victim down their throat to be digested; literally eating them alive.

    the penalty in Texas for attempted suicide used to be death.

    lol how so? those things are so harmless! did they have blades?
  • firedolphin
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    OiOOio - Raging Tide wrote: »
    And why is this?

    All intersting BTW

    probably because their necks won't allow it...the same way most of us can't move their ears.
  • _blood_rain - Sanctuary
    _blood_rain - Sanctuary Posts: 2,532 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    firedolphin wrote: »
    lol how so? those things are so harmless! did they have blades?

    are you talking about the yoyo or the pelican or both?
  • firedolphin
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    i remembered more!
    -elephant clans are led by females;
    -Hyena clans are also led by females;
    -The difference in size and streght is smaller on species whose individuals do not live in society;
    -A cuckoo's eggs look like other birds' eggs so that their mother can put them on that bird's nest, with her eggs;
    -Cuckoos need a lot of food, therefore, after they are born, they push the other birds (or their eggs, whichever is available) out of the nest. the cubs die when they hit the ground (they can't fly yet);
    -Flowers also have gender;
    -Dolphins have "names" within their groups;
    -Not every living thing needs oxygen to live;
    -There are beings with BLUE BLOOD! (i'm not joking. it is not fiction...it was told by my biology teacher and she showed us pictures on google...but i can't remember the name of the creature, and no, it is not a mutant.).
  • firedolphin
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    firedolphin wrote: »
    probably because their necks won't allow it...the same way most of us can't move their ears.
    _blood_rain - Sanctuary wrote: »
    are you talking about the yoyo or the pelican or both?

    the yo-yo
  • Lairian - Sanctuary
    Lairian - Sanctuary Posts: 8,209 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    firedolphin, just so you know, posting so many times in a row is usually poor form on forums.

    Anyways:

    The smallest measurable unit of time is the yoctosecond (one septillionth of a second).

    Left-handed people have a greater chance of being geniuses since 20% of all Mensa members are left-handed.

    A picture of Gandalf the Grey (from The Lord of the Rings) can be seen in the collection of great wizards in Professor Dumbledore
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  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    firedolphin wrote: »
    the yo-yo
    I know boomerang's were originally hunting weapons, but I haven't heard this thing about yo-yos being weapons.


    But then again...they can be used as a kind of flail weapon (watch from 8:20).
    Lairian - Sanctuary wrote: »
    firedolphin, just so you know, posting so many times in a row is usually poor form on forums.
    Just so you know, not everyone knows about editing their post. Not every forum allows this option, so some people may not even think to look for it.
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  • firedolphin
    firedolphin Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    more:
    -the falling-trousers's "trend" started on the prisons...on all-man prisions, some prisioners lowered their trousers a bit to send a message to the other inmates (they wanted to show them that they were "available" to..."satisfy their needs" O_o )
    if the guys wearing that knew this, they would freak out! hehe

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